Laurence J. Swinburne ’49

Larry died on Jan. 1, 2000, in Charlottesville, Va., of a heart attack. He was 75.

He attended our 50th Reunion. He came to Princeton from Oyster Bay H.S. on Long Island after service in the Pacific as a marine on Okinawa. He majored in English and was a member of Court Club. Creative writing was a passion to Larry, and he wrote more than 120 books. A children's book, Detli, won a Peabody Award. Another illustrated work, King Tut, was a Book of the Month Club selection. Most of his career was spent with the Swinburne Readability Laboratory, which he founded. The lab evaluated books to determine vocabulary level for readers.

His wife, Irene, his daughters, Virginia Bowman and Susan Watson, four grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and one great-grandson, survive him. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all.

The Class of 1949